Thursday, May 18, 2017

CORNWALL 2017: The Facebook Preview

Let's take a break from our Venice/Verona trip!

We just got back from Cornwall late last night, minutes before midnight, and are now up and at it in getting settled back in. You know how that it. It's always good to get back home. Astrid even went back to work today after maybe 4 hours of sleep. What a trooper!

What you are about to see is a learning curve for me away from the laptop and PhotoShop! We took only our iPads for this 6-day trip, so I learned how to make collages with the Live Collage app, figuring out every new day how to tweak images the way I wanted there as well as in the Photos app.

So, here goes:

Friday, May 12: Arrival in Exeter

As soon as Chris and Pauline picked us up at the airport, Pauline said she had a surprise for me!

We think it represents the Red Arrows from the Royal Air Force aerobatic display team,

even though they usually fly in teams of 9.

Ironically, it was the only weathervane we found the entire trip, other than a couple of arrows.

But it more than made up for the lack elsewhere.

We ate out at a pub that day but that was basically it, before driving home near St. Austell.

Saturday, May 13: Mevagissey Fishing Port and the Spit Cliffs

Pauline and Chris racked their brains for us on what to see and where to go each day.

Maybe I'll do the King Arthur post next, Ruth, because it was our most incredible day out this trip. It also was the sunniest day of them all.

You know how fond I am of the fog and mist, however, so we had the best of both worlds. I'm not familiar with Doc Martin but after Googling him, I have a feeling we'd both like the series. Maybe Astrid can find it for us, since we can get two channels of BBC TV.

Speaking of Astrid, she did stay awake yesterday but we both went to bed by 9:30 last night and had a good night's sleep!

I think that's the post I'll do for next week, Elaine, so you'll see it all soon. But it's not exactly a house, per se...more like acreage of ruins and stone steps up and down the hillside. It was quite a workout!

The pictures show once more that we had a great time in Cornwall and that we saw so many wonderful places. I so loved the statue of Merlin, a legend and almost flesh and blood. The placement of that statue could not have been chosen better. The beached boats never bore me one bit. Fascinating. Thank you for documenting this wonderful trip. What a memory to keep. IHVJ.

About Me

Over time, if we shoot authentically, follow the leanings of our heart, our body of work will become a silent testimony to who we are and what we care about. (Jan Phillips).
And so it is that as you follow my journey here, you will be "in soul" with what makes me tick.